The Karakou is a long-sleeved fitted velvet jacket embroidered with golden and silvered threads, it is a traditional Algerian garment originating from Algiers.Textiles as National Heritage: Identities, Politics and Material Culture Gabriele Mentges, Lola Shamukhitdinova Waxmann Verlag,The Greenwood Encyclopedia of World Popular Culture, Volume 4 Gary Hoppenstand Greenwood Press,
The Karakou was developed in the 19th century and is the evolution of the Algerian Ghlila which was part of the local dress of Algeria.Snoap, Morgan, "Algerian Women's Waistcoats - The Ghlila and Frimla: Readjusting the Lens on the Early French Colonial Era in Algeria (1830-1870)" (2020). Honors Program Theses. 114.
This Algerian vest is made by an Algerian Embroidery called El Majboud, which was inscribed in the UNESCO along with the Algerian Kaftan and Chedda Tlemcenia.
See also • Ghlila • Frimla • Djebba Fergani • Algerian Kaftan
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